Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, totally ignored a question about sanctuary cities on Sunday’s broadcast of “State of the Union.”
“I know you have a lot of criticism of Donald Trump’s position [on immigration],” host Jake Tapper posed to Mook. “When it comes to Hillary Clinton I have to ask about sanctuary cities, cities where they don’t enforce federal immigration laws and that sometimes means people who are criminals, who are in this country illegally end up getting free and committing worse crimes. It’s a fact that that does happen. Does Hillary Clinton consider sanctuary cities to be a problem?”
“Well, first of all, Jake, as you mentioned we do think this is a really important difference between both of the candidates,” Mook responded. “Secretary Clinton has released a comprehensive plan for immigration reform. This is something she’s pledged to do in the first 100 days.” (RELATED: Clinton Campaign Manager Has No Answer For ‘Hillary Cover-Up Operation’ Email [VIDEO])
“We cannot have a situation where anybody is coming to this country illegally and committing crimes,” he continued. “So she has, as I said, put out plans to make sure that we are removing violent criminals from this country, but that can happen at the same time that we’re not tearing families apart, and that we’re making sure that hard-working people who have been here for a very long time come out of the shadows, come in to the system, pay those back taxes, become citizen, and so, actually, our economy can continue to grow.”
“I’m not clear though,” Tapper posed a second time. “Does she want to end sanctuary cities or not? You say people shouldn’t be coming into this country illegally but a Clinton campaign spokeswoman said last year that Hillary Clinton believes sanctuary cities can help further public safety and she has defended those policies going back years.”
“That’s too narrow a view of the situation,” Mook responded again. “We need comprehensive immigration reform, and part of impressive immigration reform is making sure that law enforcement has the tools to find these violent criminals and get them out of the country.”
